Ecocide — an international crime to destroy or contaminate the environment that humans live in.

Sustainabilitank.info reports that supporters of a new ecocide law believe it could be used to prosecute “climate deniers” who distort science and facts to mislead the uninformed and to discourage voters and politicians from tackling climate change and environmental degredation.

Discovery is a term of art in law. And eDiscovery refers to information in digital format. Entities that create, acquire and store digital information have to be sensitive to the legal requirements of preserving intangible documents. Here’s a link to a quick video summarizing the challenges.

In the U.S., there are several groups who establish governance for using social media for government communications and collaboration. Webcontent.gov provides general guidance. Web Manager University offers orientation for web professionals new to government practices vis a vis social media. The Web Content Managers Forum may have restrictions for membership.

In a quasi e-treaty, Estonia and Spain have signed a safer social networking agreement. The signatories pledged to advise the European Commission of their self-declaration and to explain how they plan to implement the provisions described in the agreement.